International Criminology: A Critical Introduction

by Judith Bessant, Rob Watts, Richard Hil

Book Overview

International Criminology is an easy-access critical introduction to how conventional criminologists in the international arena think about and research crime. By using examples from the US, UK and Australia, the authors outline key ideas, vocabulary, assumptions and findings of the discipline while opening up a set of critical underlying issues and problems.

From theoretical traditions to historical perspectives; contemporary criminology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415431786
• ISBN13: 9780415431781
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"